Re: Field type for american money

From:	Robert Cummings	Date:	Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:12:10 +0000
Subject:	Re: Field type for american money
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Shawn McKenzie wrote:

Waynn Lue wrote:
For mysql, it's better to use int and then store it in cents (or micros) so you can use all integer operations instead of float ones.
To each his own. Speed or otherwise I don't see a difference between: $total = 19.95 + 3.99; //shipping and $total = 1995 + 399; //shipping Except with the ints you have to format them for display.

You have to format the floats too: <?php

    $total = 5.55 + 9.35;
    echo $total."\n";

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